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Of shotguns and samples

  • 30/07/2002

I set off towards Meerut on the trail of a transporter's crew suspectedly involved in fuel adulteration. Officials nearly stumped my investigations. Thankfully, Bhure Lal, chairperson of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority intervened. The district magitrate, then, called an urgent meeting of officials and insisted that the seals of the fuel tankers be opened only in the presence of the district supply officer, additional district magistrate and an official of the petroleum company. The

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